IF they won't take it back, I too vote for at least a test-overdye. (Some of my favorites I've done were experiments gone awry that I then overdyed in a last ditch effort to salvage). You could call the colourway Drunk-Dialing. I'll even promise now to buy some!

Definitely over-dye. I don't believe in coincidences. I believe there is a reason you were sent Russet. Try it. I'll bet, as Louisa pointed out, that it will inspire a great new series! When life gives you lemons (or potatoes)...

How many colors can you overdye on russet? Or just mix up some hella thick dyes and splooge it on, all random-like. Drunk-dialing might be a winner; don't give up on it yet. And I think you'd have lots of takers for a "Rabbitch fuck-up"... who wouldn't want *that* in their stash collection? (spit-saving one now, thanks.)Cami

from the book folk socks:From Nancy Bush’s Pattern Introduction Flammegarn is the Norwegian name for yarn dyed by wrapping rush, twine, or other material tightly around the skeined yarn and placing it in a dye bath. When the yarn is dry, the rush is removed and the yarn has a mottled effect, rather than being one solid color. This type of "tie-dyed" yarn is not unique to Norway, but is used for stockings and other textiles throughout Scandinavia, Bavaria, and elsewhere.you could call it 'drunk-dialing flammegarn'...mittz

My dear - if you can't return it, let us know; "russet" may well be a color I'd like some of as a color favored by some of my vain French-Canadian voyageurs you know. MOST toques are some type of "rouge" or other.........all will NOT be lost!